Waistband-fastener.



No. amass. Patented July 9, 1am.

I E. u. PALMER.

WAISTBAND FASTENEIL (Application filed Aug. 3, 1900.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 677,885, dated July 9, 1901.

Application filed August 3, 1900.

Be it known that I, EDGAR M. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waistband-Fasten ers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to those articles which are designed to be attached to the waistbands of ladies dress-skirts for temporarily fastening the ends of the bands.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and convenient fastener which can be attached to the ends of any waistband in such manner that the parts can be easily and quickly engaged and disengaged and will so hold the gown when engaged that the parting seam or pocket will not gap open and expose the undergarment.

The fastener, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as embodying the invention, has a hook part formed from a single piece of wire, with an open engaging hook having a shank that is adapted'to be attached to the inside of one end of the band, and a loop part formed from a single piece of wire, with a loop adapted to receive the hook and having a shank that is designed to be attached to the inside of the other end of the band and that extends both sides of the loop, so as to hold the band beyond the loop stiff, the shank having tongues adapted to be thrust through loops or openings in a shirtwaist to prevent the waist from drawing up.

Figure l of the drawings shows a view of the outside of aportion of the back of a dressskirt the band of which is provided with the improved fastener. Fig. 2 shows a view of the inside of a portion of the back of this skirt. Fig. 3 is a plan of the loop part of the fastener. Fig. 4 is a plan of the hook part of the fastener. Fig. 5 is an edge View of the loop part, and Fig. 6 is an edge view of the hook part.

The hook part of the fastener is bent from a single piece of wire, with a hook 1 projecting in a plane substantially parallel with and a little distance from the plane of the shank 2. This part is preferably -made substantially the width of the band to which it is to be secured. It is intended that the hook part be fastened by stitching the shank to Serial No. 25,751. (No model.)

the inner side of the outer lap 3 of the band, with the hook near to and projecting backwardly from the inner edge of the material at the end of the band.

The loop part of the fastener is bent from a single piece of wire, with a loop 4 extending outwardly from near the middle of the oblong open frame-like shank 5. The lower edge of the shank of the loop part is preferably bent so as to provide tongues 6. This part, which is substantially the width of the band, is intended to be fastened by stitching the shank to the inner side of the inner lap 7 of the band with the loop extending outwardly over the outer face of this part of the band some distance back from the end. The

loop part is preferably secured in place before the end of the band is stitched to the top of the shirt in order that the shank may be 011 the inside and the loop on the outside of the band. The tongues formed on the shank of the loop part project downwardly on the inside of the inner lap of the band when the part is secured in position.

In the fastener shown the loop is formed on the part with the long shank that is to be attached to the inner lap of the band, and the hook is formed on the part which is to be attached to the outer lap of the band. By simply changing the shape of the bent-out por tions the hook could be formed on the part with the long shank and the loop on the other part. It is immaterial whether the hook or the loop is formed on the part that is attached to the inner lap of the band.

When the skirt is put on, the tongues are thrust through loops or openings in the shirtwaist. By this means the weight of the skirt is utilized to prevent the waist from working upwardly, and the skirt is partially supported by the waist. The hook and loop are then engaged, so as to fasten the ends of the band together around the waist. The loop is 10- cated some'distance away from the end of the band, so that the ends of the band and portions of the skirt adjacent to the opening are the inner lap of the band and inside of the outer lap and holds the material of the inner lap smoothly in place beneath the material of the outer lap in such manner that the material of the inner lap cannot work down and allow the pocket or parting seam to gap open and expose the lining or nndergarment.

This simple fastener can be formed with common wireworking-tools. It is readily attached to any skirt-band and is easy to hook and unhook. A person wearing a skirt provided with this fastener may be sure that the skirt is properly overlapped at the partingseam or pocket and held with no danger of pp I claim as my invention- 1. Awaistband-fastener formed from metal and consisting of a part having an oblong attaching-shank and a single hook-bar, the said bar extending transversely from edge to edge near the middle but out of the plane of the oblong shank so that the shank extends quite a little distance in front of and back of the transverse hook-bar, and a part having an attaching-shank with one end bent out of the plane of the shank so that it will engage with the transverse hook-bar near the middle'ofv transverse hook-bar of the other part, sub- 35 stantially as specified.

' EDGAR M. PALMER.

lVitne-sses:

H. R. WILLIAMS, V. R. HOLCOMB. 

